Roland B Cox
MilitaryAssigned to 343BS, 98BG, 9AF USAAF. Flew on 1st Aug 43 Ploesti oil refinery raid, the B-24 was shot up pretty bad, and upon landing somewhere in Europe, caught fire with 6 members of the former DOPEY CREW: Gooden, Perkins, McNeil, Beaudry, Cox, and Cochrane, losing their lives." MACR 170.
Awards: SS, DFC, AM, PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 98th Bomb Group 343rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16076381 / O-731565
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Margie A Virgin
- Unit: Ninth Air Force
Missions
- Date: 1 August 1943
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Soluch Airfield
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Florence American Cemetery, Tavarnuzze, Italy
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Enlisted |
Fort Thomas, Newport, KY | 7 January 1942 | Fort Thomas, Newport, Kentucky |
Died |
Romania | 1 August 1943 | Flew on 1st Aug 43 Ploesti oil refinery raid, the B-24 was shot up pretty bad, and upon landing somewhere in Europe, caught fire with 6 members of the former DOPEY CREW: Gooden, Perkins, McNeil, Beaudry, Cox, and Cochrane, losing their lives." MACR 170. |
Buried |
1 August 1943 | Tablets of the Missing Florence American Cemetery and Memorial | |
Other Assigned |
Benghazi, Libya | 1 August 1943 | 343rd BS, 98th BG, 9th AF. |
Ohio, USA | Ohio, USA. | ||
Born |
Ohio | Son of Truman G and Elsie B Cox. |
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